Fatal Plane Crash Near Wichita

DERBY, Kan. (AP) Authorities say two men are dead after a small airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Wichita’s Mid-Continent Airport.

Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter says witnesses reported seeing a wing and other debris falling from the twin-engine Cessna before it crashed and burned around 10:15 a.m. Friday in a field southeast of Derby.

The two men were the only people on board. Their names were not immediately released.